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21 years ago

Help! trace back utility for NiOS

Hi: Can someone please let me know whether there is a traceback utility in NiOS? I want to print the function call trace in run-time, just like gdb but without using NiOS console. I want this...
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21 years ago

If you have compiled with a frame pointer then you may be able to build your own on top of the GCC function __builtin_return_address.

This probably won't be able to trace back through interrupts as they use a different format of stack frame.